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Virginia C/T SOL and Content Area SOL English
Technology Integration Strategies 8 th Grade
In order to assist teachers who are interested in using technology for project-based learning, below is an example of a long-term project that incorporates
several content and technology SOL.
VA SOL Strand
for Content
Oral Language
Reading
Writing
VA SOL Standard for
Content
8.1a, b, and c: The
student will use
interviewing techniques to
gain information,
including preparing and
ask relevant questions for
the interview, making
notes of responses, and
compiling and reporting
responses.
8.6a, b, c, d, and g:
The student will read,
comprehend, and analyze
a variety of informational
sources, drawing on
background knowledge
and knowledge of text
structure to understand
selections, analyzing the
author’s credentials,
viewpoint, and impact,
analyzing the author’s use
of text structure and word
choice and analyzing
details for relevance and
accuracy. Students will
also evaluate and
synthesize information to
apply in written and oral
presentations.
8.7: The student will
write in a variety of
forms, including
narrative, expository,
persuasive, and
informational.
VA SOL Standard for
Technology
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C/T 6-8.4: The student will
practice responsible use of
technology systems,
information, and software.
Demonstrate the correct use of
fair use and copyright
regulations.
C/T 6-8.6: The student will
use technology to locate,
evaluate, and collect
information from a variety of
sources. Use Internet and
other electronic resources to
locate information in real time.
C/T 6-8.7: The student will
evaluate and select new
information resources and
technological innovations
based on the appropriateness
of electronic information
sources. Use search strategies
to retrieve information.
Evaluate the accuracy,
relevance, and appropriateness
of electronic information
sources.
C/T 6-8.9: The student will
use a variety of media and
formats to communicate
information and ideas
effectively to multiple
audiences. Choose the
appropriate tool, format, and
style to communicate
information. Independently
use technology tools to create
and communicate for individual
and/or collaborative projects.
VA SOL Essential
Understanding
All students should:
synthesize information
gathered in an
interview; recognize an
author’s viewpoint and
use of persuasive
language; read and
analyze writing critically;
choose graphic
organizers based on the
internal text structure
most prevalent in the
text; use graphic
organizers and/or rules
to analyze and
summarize text; read
several texts on a
similar topic and
synthesize what is read
in writing to be
presented orally;
evaluate an author’s
choice of words and
images; recognize an
author’s use of
connotations, persuasive
language, and
craftsmanship to convey
viewpoint.; use a
process for writing,
including planning,
drafting, revising,
proofreading, editing,
publishing; understand
that good writing has
been elaborated
horizontally and
vertically; use peer and
individual revising and
editing; write in a
VA SOL Essential
Knowledge
To be successful with
this standard, students
are expected to:
determine the purpose
of the interview; select
a subject for the
interview; create and
record questions that
will elicit relevant
responses; apply
effective note-taking
strategies; analyze and
record information,
using internal text
structures, including
cause-and-effect,
comparison/contrast,
enumeration or listing,
sequential or
chronological,
concept/definition,
generalization, process;
analyze an author’s
choice of details by
examining accuracy,
placement,
thoroughness,
relevance, effectiveness;
use graphic organizers
to record clues in the
text and inferences or
conclusions made by the
reader as a result of
those clues; use written
expression to draft and
revise compositions with
attention to voice, tone,
selection of information
and details, embedded
phrases and clauses that
Technology
NETS-S Performance
Integration Strategies Indicators
As a long-term project,
students are paired with
an elementary school
class (either locally or
not) to create small
books (print or online)
for the younger students
relating to topics they
are studying. The older
students must conduct
research using online
sources as well as other
books on the topic,
evaluating them for style
and bias. Using good
pre-writing and writing
skills, they write the
book and receive
comments from their
peers and perhaps
children’s authors online.
The students publish
their stories for the use
of the younger students.
Apply productivity/
multimedia tools and
peripherals to support
personal productivity,
group collaboration, and
learning throughout the
curriculum.
Design, develop,
publish, and present
products e.g., Web
pages, videotapes using
technology resources
that demonstrate and
communicate curriculum
concepts to audiences
inside and outside the
classroom.
Collaborate with peers,
experts, and others
using
telecommunications and
collaborative tools to
investigate curriculumrelated
problems, issues,
and information and to
develop solutions or
products for audiences
inside and outside the
classroom.
Research and evaluate
the accuracy, relevance,
appropriateness,
comprehensiveness, and
bias of electronic
information sources
concerning real-world
problems.
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